Tashkent tops global air pollution ranking

As of 10:00 a.m. on October 6, the concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Tashkent’s air reached 158 µg/m³ – a level classified as “unhealthy.”

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According to IQAir, the amount of harmful PM10 particles in the capital’s air was recorded at 269.7 µg/m³, nearly six times higher than the World Health Organization’s (WHO) daily limit of 45 µg/m³. Such a concentration poses a serious threat to human health.

Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, ranked second on the list with a PM2.5 concentration of 152 µg/m³, followed by Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 132 µg/m³. Other cities included in the top ten were Kolkata (India), Manama (Bahrain), Doha (Qatar), Jakarta (Indonesia), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Delhi (India), and Baghdad (Iraq).